I'm looking at pulling out my XFX 8800GTS 640mb Xtreme edition card, and upgrading. I'm currently researching into the 250/260 chipset, and so far it looks like for the little extra money the 260 would be more worth going for? Anyway, i've looked around, and saw them at around the £130 mark. Apart from one i particularly like the look of, the EVGA GTX 260 SSC 896MB edition, which seems seriously fast - 675mhz clock, 2304mhz mem, 216 cores. The best I found it at is £170. Would anyone recommend i go for that for the money? Or something else?

Its kindda hard to say now, because the next gen of nvidia cards is coming up fast.
I went from a BFG 8800GTS 640 --> GTX 275 and the difference is a little more than noticeable.
Value wise, if i remember correctly, the ATi 4890 and GTX 260 216 were the best.
You could hang on to your card and use it for physx calculations if you have a decent enough power supply + motherboard with another pci slot, or sell it. I managed to sell mine on craigslist for a decent price.

EDIT: If you have a store-bought system, you may have to replace the power supply as most new mid-range graphics card need 400ish-500ish power, and store bought computers usually come with low quality 300ish.

If they are generally around the same price, I would definitely go for the 275, but the 260 is no slouch either. Depending on the resolution, you would probably be able to enable AA/AF in most recent type games, and just to a higher degree with the 275.
You can search for reviews online, and compare the two. I just really like the headroom that I get with my 275 onna 22inch monitor.

i had dual 8800GTS before i got this GTX260. and i can say from experience the GTX260 is almost as fast. just thought i would give you something to compare to. but if the 275 is only a few bucks more go for that and you'll definately see double the performance of your current card.

Yes i'm noticing that in majority of cases now. Tell me tho, when does the super saver delivery arrive for you normally? I'm hearing on other forums some people getting it next day, and some right on the 5th day.

I'm in the same boat with SLI 8800 GTS. I say if you've waited this long might as well wait for GT300. Though I've been really impatient about how it has been delayed so long. The 275 is better but I don't know if the smallish performance improvement is worth it considering you've waited all this time.

My mistake I thought you had SLI for some reason. You definitely will get a nice performance increase in that case.

Yes i'm noticing that in majority of cases now. Tell me tho, when does the super saver delivery arrive for you normally? I'm hearing on other forums some people getting it next day, and some right on the 5th day.

usually about 5 days sometimes sooner

eBuyer screwed me over on an 8800gt pre-order so I still hate them though.